--- title: "4 Kaija Saariaho Quotes" description: "Kaija Anneli Saariaho was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho received commissions from the Lincoln Cen..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/kaija-saariaho-71956_art_i-was-not-especially-enthusiastic-about_845807.jpg" --- # Kaija Saariaho **4** quotes in **53** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Kaija Anneli Saariaho was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Music Festival, the T ## Quotes by Kaija Saariaho > [I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaija-saariaho/i-was-not-especially-enthusiastic-about-opera-when-i-was-young-and-i/) Kaija Saariaho [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/kaija-saariaho-71956_art_i-was-not-especially-enthusiastic-about_845807.jpg) > [When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaija-saariaho/when-you-travel-from-your-own-country-to-another-country-for-a-long/) Kaija Saariaho [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/kaija-saariaho-71956_country_when-you-travel-from-your-own-country-to_993268.jpg) > [Everything is permissible as long as it's done in good taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaija-saariaho/everything-is-permissible-as-long-as-it-s-done-in-good-taste/) Kaija Saariaho [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/kaija-saariaho-71956_done_everything-is-permissible-as-long-as-it_1189403.jpg) > [Well, I'm not involved in polemics. I never wanted to have any position of power, and I don't have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaija-saariaho/well-i-m-not-involved-in-polemics-i-never-wanted-to-have-any-position/) Kaija Saariaho [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/kaija-saariaho-71956_involved_well-i-m-not-involved-in-polemics-i-neve_1945672.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaija-saariaho/#itemlist", "name": "Kaija Saariaho Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it was an art form of the past, with expensive singers exposing their high notes, and bad theater, and ridiculous stories which don't concern us. 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